Several Irish flights affected after British Airways cancels UK services over pilot pay dispute

British Airways aircraft at London's Heathrow airport Image: PA Wire/PA Images British Airways aircraft at London's Heathrow airport Image: PA Wire/PA Images PASSENGERS ON several Irish flights face disruption today after British Airways cancelled almost all services from UK airports on the first day of a strike by the airline’s pilots.

“After many months of trying to resolve the pay dispute, we are extremely sorry that it has come to this,” British Airways said in a statement today.“Unfortunately, with no detail from BALPA on which pilots would strike, we had no way of predicting how many would come to work or which aircraft they are qualified to fly, so we had no option but to cancel nearly 100 percent of our flights”.

It also points out that two other unions representing 90 percent of the airlines’ workers have accepted the 11.5-percent raise.

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